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==Siblings==
* Stephen L. Malan (b. 1872 Saint Rose, IL - d. 1915 Greenville, IL) m. Melvina Decreval (b. 1882 Sebastopol, IL - d. 1950 St. Louis, MO) in Clinton, IL; 
* Rebecca Malan (b. 1863 IL - d. 1928 St. Louis, MO)
* Henry E. Malan (b. 1870 IL - d. 1926 West Frankfort, IL)
* Emma Malan Gruen (b. 1870 IL - d. 1943 Wood River, IL) m. Edward Gruen (1872-1928 Highland, IL)
* Mary Malan Balsiger (b. 1868 Highland, IL - d. 1935 San Jose, CA) m. John Balsiger
* Jennie Malan DeMoulin (b. 1874 IL - d. 1960 Greenville, IL) m. Florent August DeMoulin (b. 1875 France - d. 1954 Greenville, IL)
** Clara F. DeMoulin Hudson (b. 1904 - d. 1933) m. George Monroe Hudson (b. 1901 Tamalco, IL - d. 1978 White Hall, IL)

==Marriage==
On October 4, 1899, Freda married [[George Gruen]] in Bond, Illinois.  Freda was the daughter of Bartholomew Malan (b. 1832 Piedmonte, Italy - d. 1911 Highland, IL) and Jennie Combe Malan (b. 1843 Lausanne, Switzerland - d. 1913 Highland, IL).   

==Children==

* Bertha Gruen married Alfred Baseler, a leading brother among the Kelly-Continental brethren (Reunited Brethren) who was instrumental in merging his group with the Glanton Brethren in the early 1970's.

* Samuel Brian Gruen (b. 1903 Saint Rose, IL - d. 1950 Sabetha, KS) m. Edna Mae Wells (b. 1910 Sadlea, MO - d. 1997 Raymore, MO); Baptist deacon; 
** Samuel Edward Gruen (b. 1929 Abilene, KS - d. 2005 Maize, KS) 
** Richard Eugene Gruen (b. 1934 Abilene, KS - d. 1999 San Juan Capistrano, CA)
** Ernest J. Gruen (b. 1936 Abilene, KS - d. 2009 Lenexa, KS), married Delores Ann Slaughter. See [http://www.oldmp.com/godgivesmore.htm one bio].  He authored six books and pastored Baptist churches ten years in Wichita.  Then in 1966, he co-founded "Full Faith Church of Love" megachurch in Kansas City, KS, now known as "[[https://crosspointschurch.com/ Cross Points Church]" in Shawnee, of which hived "[https://www.bridgewaykc.com/ Bridgeway Church]" in Lenexa, KS in 2014, and "[https://www.parkcitykc.com/ Park City Church]" in Overland Park, KS in 2017.  

* Eva Martha Gruen Martin (1905-1989) studied at Emporia State, and the Baptist Missionary Training school in Chicago, and left for India in 1932.  In 1937, she married John Clough Martin, a Baptist pastor there in Ongole, South India, who studied at Dennison University, and Colgate University Divinity School.  John's grandfather, Dr. John E. Clough, was a pioneer missionary in South India also.  She died in Burnsville, [[Minnesota|MN]].     

* Ruth Gruen (b. 1907 IL - d. 1989 Erie, PA) m. Lewis Day Iredell (b. 1900 Erie, PA - d. 1968 Erie, PA), son of Arthur D. Iredell (b. 1868 Franklin, OH - d. 1905 Erie, PA) and Alice Jessie Lewis Iredell (b. 1870 Erie, PA - d. 1941 Erie, PA)

* Alice C. Gruen Waddell (b. 1909 Taylorville, IL - d. 2006 Seattle, WA) m. Paul V. Waddell in 1948 at Fremont Baptist, Seattle; 

* Timothy George Gruen (1914-1992) m. Lola Mae Cormack (1915-2004); served @ First Baptist of Abilene;
** George Everett Gruen - Idaho Falls, ID
** Donald C. Gruen (1949-1951)
** Ronald Eugene Gruen (1947-'''2020''') m. Vicki L. Persinger; Three children; Florissant, MO
** T. Lee Gruen served as an elder 1970's-1980's at [[Grace and Truth Gospel Chapel, KS|Grace and Truth Gospel Chapel]], an open brethren assembly near Abilene, [[Kansas]], and in respected lay leadership at Community Bible Church of Abilene from the 1990's thru present day. Three children; 1st wife: Libby Wade (b. 1945 Great Bend, KS - d. 1990 Abilene, KS) who was also in fellowship at Grace and Truth.
* Donna Gruen Kooken - Flower Mound, TX

* Paul Frederick Gruen (b. 1923 Abilene, KS - d. 1990 Los Angeles, CA) moved to St. Louis in 1944, Los Angeles in 1950 with McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft, later with Lockheed Aircraft.  Never married. His nephew T.Lee officiated his funeral at Newbern.